Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-30


but no tower was in range Then We lowered
our angle Of vision about ~ degs and
there, stuck away over on one side OF town,
small and insignificant. like IA chi.n Grip
Piled 10y "A cyclone, saw the Leaning
Tower, the most disappointing sight of every
thing We had witnessed up to date
felt provoked that had a row with
the baggage porter at the station. and didn't
entirely recover unit! the next morning when
went 10 the tower and climbed to its top 1
had INV temper sm"othed over by this time
but my disappointment remained, aud while
history, association and such other intangible
effects lend interest to the tower th. tower
itself will never more hold plsce in nv imas-
inatlon. In addition, Dickey got Off that
miserable pun-cunundrum almost as old as
the tower, which increased my discomfort
because | had forgotten 1t.
why" said she. would it lie a bad piece
o: property to buyf
"Because haven't got enough money To
pay for it, ;" said |, smsrtly
True, said she, but nc: the answer"
Give it up" said l.
Because, there Is lean on it," said she, and
went out, leaving me to pay the man at the
door half fran" for going up.
There Is little in Pisa TO see Of the heroic
ally interesting kind BY that mean those
things which have made other cities in Italy
famous
Near the Leaning Tower are the Cathedral
the Campo Sarto aud the Baptistery. The
Baptistery has an erho on draught which
costs half franc The cathedral Is a great
pile, with II facade that needs restoration.
and inside hangs the famous lamp, whose
swinging motion gave Gallileo tip" So TO
speak, on making pendulums. History does
not so record 1t, but | should imagine that
the winding stair up the Leaning Tower
might have given some other man the idea Of
the modern stem winder
The Arno splits the town, and just across
from our hotel, hanging over the stone en-
hankment, Is tue cutest little church in ten
states. IL Is a vest pocket edition OF church,
done IN black ami white marble, with statue.
and plhnacles stuck all over IL and is as pretty
as a brick steamboat. portion of the orig
maj crown OF lh"rnS Is preserved here, and
you pay haif a franc 10 look at the inscription
which CONVEYS tie Information
fiSa has other objects Of inter,st which
are sci down Ia due form IN the guide books.
and 1t has more history thau the Whole Of tine
hi'eH states ana canada, and New Jersey
hat Pleased NE most was its extreme pla-
t'"i'N reminding h- very inl"h OF tine little
hiliShe'i towns found often in our own sunny
s"u'h- All thai was ietied 10 complete TIE
picture VAS Two or three dsrkies sleeping or
ID. river hank, anu couple cf white citizens
sitting on drsgoods h"H chewing tobacco
anu talking l"iitics. IL has 10000 inhabi-
tahts and u" street cars, and the promenaders
We Illsl on the Lang AFnn a hul fna
appearance ot persons who lived there be
cause they hadn't tue energy 10 catch the
hTst train out Of town.
We hau- however, ana we did, and that
tram was at > a. m Ii was strain, hut We
got 'heie' ana the fresh air from the fields
ana the no"eis, as We scurried along, almost
h'"hed Tor the cioseness OF the compartment,
III which two or three passengers Were trying
10 hhiSn a hishts sleep with the windows
smut To Keep out the draught
IL Is a long hard ride that from Pisa 10
->"ihes' ou. everything was new 10 Us, and
we We're there I" see, 50 We made no COM
Piaiht
IL was pieaSanter, too. than from Monte
Cario TO fisa, not because the scenery was
nher' Tor II wasn't, but because from Monte
'afio 10 flsa there are about 30 tunnels,
'S'e N'' Si''' Si'oi ann NuoIt ipl
constituting, as Dickey says. the most
hoSing bore she ever met with. Scenery
must lie seen To he appreciated. and most Of
II bet"eeh the points named wISiid have tU
De turned upside down in order TO give those
who pass under II a glimpse Of its lOven-ss-
lhe only effort " this direction 50 far Is the
earthquake, ami while II Is succes>fu III
turning landscape over, II cannot do II
without marring its beauty to II considerable
extent, as we observed in the neishiorhooi
Riviera
The dwelling houSes of Franco and ,ba
Riviera are n study tome Thor I.,u.y i
mostly ON the insi5. ,b., is if /, i. an, 90.
and strsngest of ali. in a country wber.
sunshine. and pretty warm sunshine too ia
the rule. porrbes porticoes and varo,5.s
are the .y,ep,ions From Ro,Io,,n. 10
Naplcs I don,r think I bsva s....n =. bor..
shaded by a yeyapda of even small pro,or-
tions and Tin. ,o,I ui,zz,S v. So. .j,or,
almost every country bnusa in Ar,ar;,,
are her. entirely unkuown Hundreds
OF villas in The Riviar, stand frnpri,g
a blazing sun, with no protecting porcb
and every blind closed As If the ,no, tbipyS
had smut their eyes To ease the nain of tue
glare. From Marseilies to Pisa ON. sees
many dwellings with the entire. outer surfacs
frpsco4i many with vines and leaves o,barS
with geometrical figures. Others with uor.trairs